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Las Vegas minimum wage 2026: current rate, tip rules and late final pay penalties
Nevada's minimum wage is $12.00 an hour for every hour worked, with no separate tipped rate.
Updated November 5, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Nevada's minimum wage is $12.00 an hour for every hour you work (Nev. Const. art. 15, sec. 16). It is one rate, and tips cannot be counted toward it.
What the rate means for you
The $12.00 rate applies to every hour worked, not just some hours. If your paycheck works out to less than $12.00 for each hour, check it against this number.
Tips do not count toward the $12.00. Your employer cannot use what customers tip you to make up the minimum wage (Nev. Const. art. 15, sec. 16).
One older state law, NRS 608.250, still prints an older two-tier minimum wage. The Nevada Constitution was amended effective 1 July 2024, and it controls. Use the single $12.00 rate.
Steps to check your pay
1. Add up the hours you actually worked in the pay period, including every hour on the clock.
2. Divide your pay for that period, not counting tips, by those hours. If the answer is under $12.00, you were paid below the minimum.
3. Keep your pay stubs, schedules and any messages about your hours. They are your record if you need to show what you were owed.
If you were fired or quit: the final paycheck clock
If you were fired, everything you earned is due immediately (NRS 608.020). The same immediate deadline applies to a temporary layoff with possible recall (NRS 608.020).
If you quit, your final pay is due by your next regular payday or 7 days after you quit, whichever comes first (NRS 608.030).
If the employer misses the deadline, your wages keep running at the same rate from the day you left until you are paid, up to 30 days. This starts once the employer is 3 days late for a firing or temporary layoff, or after any delay for a quit (NRS 608.040).
Your pay rights when you apply for a job
An employer may not ask what you were paid before, rely on it, or refuse to hire you for not telling. It may ask what pay you expect (NRS 613.133(1), (3)).
Once you have completed an interview, the employer must give you the pay range or rate for the job (NRS 613.133(2)(a)).
Where to get help
If you think you are owed back pay, call the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada at (702) 386-1070 (lacsn.org), or dial 211.
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